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of water. Now «« ,1 
300.000 Gallons n rr.,, , al v consumption was something like 
cover quite two' thirds 7?)' * l ° conta,n thirty times that would 
be built S an tnl ° f the area 0f the and 
was quite aware thaTth* 8 C ° St Re « ardin S the use of metreslhe 
when the proper me^ w oh V**» *> them. But 
tributing water Tn ii V scd 11 ' vas ttie Purest way of dis- 
In Trinidad thev wo U C ? ntlnenta l countries they were used, 
yards where thfwlfi ™ not in the barrack 
quartern ^ was in the well-to-do 
and the overflow of ar ° e baths were constantly kept filled 
supply of water hi ° Ut ' No 0ne - i8hed *> tfae 
shS ^ arrange was that there 
which frequently occurred” 1 SUPP ' y S ° aS t0 avoid tbe losing off 
the domestic uses of electricity. 
By E- W - Dick enson, Electrical Engineer. 
I N the ease bv whiVE i?i . . . 
assume that form of Pno . ect . n . cit y can always be made 
ful, lies its great and nv rgy WlI ?k happens to be the most u: 
borne out by the wonderf^ 1 * * * ”?^* 118 ini P or tance. This is ful 
25 years in & appSS t ifc ha8 “ ad « during the la 
art J and the amazinf m nearl T every branch of science at 
quarters of the s ]6be ™™" er l ” which it has penetrated to a 
help to man, Trinidad / h? "'herever it goes a blessing at 
partly «ee what it can do Th ?° W quite used to ifc ' ac 
? on & Wa y ahead in this r#* to proud that they ai 
better facilities, and as ° f man T P laces in England wit 
may be said “ we see what m?' . greater a population. ] 
Electricity, I wish “ at Electricity can do. but what ' 
I only wish ElectricLans k l get r° know what i‘ «»Hy ia ? 
2 redT‘ S '** * " !al conundrum t 
know, 6 1? est, ? n ~“ what is li„h, whafc 8eeim to he » ver . 
not .2 difference between r u ^ roni OUr infancy we hav 
KraviV^’^n 08 bere H 'ho can 7 and darknfcsa, but there i 
and w. , ^hy does the criekef iTn* 1 * **8ht really is. What i 
Hut tU <; i a good sfeyer ? The 80 heavy when we tr; 
wires we * know Th w„ qUeS i t,on ■seems unanswerable 
J ma «netsso as to »( pf "“pretend bow to jdaee oui 
g Electric, ty into a convenient forn 
